WP0 - Go-to-market strategy
The objective of WP0 Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy is to develop a strategic business plan for commercialisation of products and technologies at TRL 9 / CRL 9 within 3 years after completion of the upscaling project.
WP1 - Project Management
The objectives of WP1 are:
- To ensure that the project reaches its objectives in a given contractual timeframe and budget
- To ensure strategic and technical coordination, including the coordination of technical verification/pilot activities and material/information flows between pilot sites
- To manage and monitor project resources (personnel, equipment, consumables, etc.)
- To perform quality control and risk management
- To perform project reporting to the EIT Raw Materials
- To sustain and facilitate regular communication internally and with the EIT Raw Materials
WP2 - Dissemination, Communication and Education
The objectives of WP2 are to:
- Develop and carry out an effective dissemination plan
- Develop and carry out an effective communication plan
- Support the project with suitable education activities
WP3 - Slag production through aluminothermic reduction
The objectives of WP3 are:
- Through pilot campaigns at Elkem, co-produce Si (suitable for utilisation in Elkems Silgrain production) and slag suitable for HPA production, using secondary raw materials from Norway, with SisAl production technology
- Deliver of suitable quality, min 250 kg slag to WP4 for production of HPA and min to 250 kg slag to WP5 for CCS application.
WP4 - Hydrometallurgical production of HPA from slag
The objectives of WP4 are:
- Achieve at least 95% leaching of alumina content from the slag from WP3
- Precipitation of at least 95% pure ACH from the leach solution
- Production of at least 4N HPA from the ACH intermediate product
WP5 - HPA processing and testing in battery applications
The objectives of WP5 are:
- Identify the requirements for alumina powder, with respect to particle morphology and purity, suitable for application in Li-ion battery separators, as well as for coating of the graphite anodes
- Demonstrate functional separators in laboratory scale Li-ion batteries
- Demonstrate functional alumina coatings for graphite anodes for Li-ion batteries
WP6 - CO² looping in the SisAl process and the use of SisAl slag for CO² capture
The objectives of WP6 are:
- Conceptual and executive engineering of (mobile/transportable) unit carrying a 150kg/day CO² calciner DEMO, working at peak temperatures of 900°C, using the same proven design solutions from ZECOMIX and manufacturing team of NEXTOWER
- Procurement of all materials and assessment of all the production technologies to build the calciner (including lighting/heating system and thermal barriers) and auxiliary systems (storage units, compressors, logic, PLC, etc.)
- Investigation of the calciner under batch operating conditions in real testing at CALEF (by mean of ENEA facilities) and at partners Elkem, thus demonstrating viability of CO² based looping powered by primary energy from renewables and the DEMO proof of innovative FeCrAl steels in CO² industry
WP7 - Assessment of environmental impacts
The objectives of WP7 are:
- To map energy and mass balances of sub-processes and main products developed in SisAl Slag Valorization as a basis for environmental and economic performance
- To establish an environmental assessment of all sub processes, HPA products and technologies in SisAl Slag Valorization
- To benchmark SisAl outputs against existing technologies, supply chains and products